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Forest Hill Football Team History

Forest Hill Patriots

Forest Hill High School

2607 Raymond Road Jackson, MS
Stadium: South Jackson Field
Colors: Red, White & Blue
Coach: Lawrence Matulich

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1940 <-- 1956 <- 1957 -> 1958 --> 2024

1957 Season Highlights

Lawrence Matulich enters his 2nd season as Head Coach at Forest Hill.

1957 Season

Date	Opponent	Score
Fri., Aug. 30	@ Florence *	25	0	W
Fri., Sep. 6	vs. Hazlehurst	6	13	L
Fri., Sep. 13	vs. Clinton *	33	12	W
Fri., Sep. 20	vs. Morton *	0	18	L
Sat., Sep. 28	@ Murrah	7	18	L
Fri., Oct. 4	vs. Mendenhall	6	33	L
Fri., Oct. 11	OPEN
Fri., Oct. 18	Eupora	7	26	L
Fri., Oct. 25	vs. Forest *	0	26	L
Fri., Nov. 1	@ Brandon *	26	33	L
Fri., Nov. 8	vs. Crystal Springs	14	6	W

1957 Season Totals
Record	3-7
Points Scored	124
Scoring Average	12.4
Points Allowed	185
Defense Average	18.5
Opponents Record	64-48
Home Record	2-4
Away Record	1-2

1957 Little Dixie Conference Standings
	Regular Season			Conference Record
Team	W/L/T	PF	PA	W/L/T	PF	PA	Coach
Pinola	2-6	56	203	1-4-0	18	120	Collier Jordan
	North
Morton	11-1	401	79	7-0-0	261	34	Hollis Rutter
Brandon	8-2	266	119	5-1-0	156	65	Wade Bass
Pearl	5-6	210	233	3-3-0	113	150	Arthur Baugh
Forest	5-5	131	146	2-3-0	53	93	Kenneth Bramlett
Forest Hill	3-7	124	185	2-3-0	84	89	Lawrence Matulich
Clinton	2-8	135	206	1-5-0	75	129	Roy Burkett
Florence	0-9	39	268	0-5-0	14	196
	South
Mendenhall	10-1	304	83	7-0-0	213	39	Wally Beach
Monticello	8-0-1	198	39	5-0-0	96	12	Cadman Porter
Magee	7-3-1	181	117	4-2-1	100	46	Jack Bailey
Hazlehurst	5-5	92	139	3-4-0	72	95	Mercer Miller
Mount Olive	3-5-1	134	150	2-2-0	83	79	David Lingle
Prentiss	2-7-1	135	151	2-4-1	116	88	Orville Foshee
Crystal Springs	2-8	90	202	1-4-0	44	117	J.P. Buckley
New Hebron	0-6	40	193	0-5-0	14	160	Bobby Joe Barton

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Great Moments in Alabama High School Football History

Morris Higginbotham coached three different teams to divisional state championships in the 1950s. He won titles at Walnut Grove in 1952, West Blocton in 1955 and Enterprise in 1960.